Pat Keffler

Chemical Manager and Regional Manager Americas at INTERTANKO

Speaker

Patrick Keffler joined INTERTANKO in September 2018 as the Chemical Manager. He acts as Secretary for INTERTANKO’s Chemical Tanker Committee and Chemical Tanker Sub-Committee Americas. These technical bodies provide Members a forum to discuss national and global regulatory developments and pollution prevention and pollution liability issues, as well as developing best practices to improve safety standards on chemical tankers. He also represents INTERTANKO at IMO meetings that discuss chemical tanker standards.

In addition, he is also INTERTANKO’s Regional Manager - Americas, where he acts as Secretary for the North and Latin American Panels and manages Member activities in the North and South America.

Previously, Patrick worked for the U.S. Coast Guard for over 28 years combined active duty and civilian federal service. Graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1990 and received a Masters of Science in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1996.

Patrick currently lives in St. Leonard, Maryland with his wife, Rosemary. They have three grown children, Joseph, Michael and Julia.